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Genetic link to autism

I wonder if this will have any impact on the people who believe vaccines caused their child's autism?

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[neosis.livejournal.com]

It seems you can pretty much thank the Assocation of American Physicians and Surgeons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons) for the "vaccines cause autism" issue. They're a Conservative/Libertarian political organization, that just so happens to oppose mandatory vaccinations. They published the article because it serves their agenda, and gets them attention and money.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I could have sworn it was a British publication that started it all, though the one you quote probably did something very similar. It seems to me the original article was published in the Lancet, and later retracted by almost all of the authors.

[neosis.livejournal.com]

You might be right, I read an aticle which laid the blame squarely on them.

Oh, and here's an interesting and well thought out article on Vaccines and Autism:
http://www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=74 (http://www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=74)